Glass-cutter.



No. 863,316. PATENTED AUG. 13, 1907. V. F. REICH.

GLASS CUTTER. APPLIOATION FILED JAN.2.`1907.

UNITED sTATns PATENT ernten.

VALDEMAR F. REICH, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF TIIREE-FOURTIIS TO HENRY E. MILLS, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

l GLASS-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug'. 13, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VALDEMAR F. REICH, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Harrisburg, in the county of Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Glass-Cutters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to glass cutters,v and the inlO vention has for its object to provide a glass cutter with a detachable cutter wheel which can be easily and quickly removed when it has become worn or dull and replaced by a new wheel.

Another object of this invention is to provide positive and reliable means for retaining a cutter wheel in operative position in a glass cutter.

With these and other objects in view, which will more readily appear as the invention is better understood, the sam'e consists in the novel construction,

combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and then specifically pointed out in the appended claims,

Referring to the'drawing forming part of this specification, like numerals of reference designate corre- 2 5 spending parts throughout the several views, in which:

Figure l is a side elevation of my improved glass cutter, Fig. 2 is a plan, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the head of the cutter lever, Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a detached lever, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a cutter wheel.

In the accompanying drawing, I have illustrated a glass cutter comprising a handle l having a flattened serrated gripping surface 2 and a head 3. One edge of the head is provided with recesses 4 for engaging the edge of a piece of glass. The end of the head is beveled as at 5, and bifurcated, as at 6, at its upper edge to form arms 7 which are recessed as at 8 to provide bearings for the spindle or shaft 9 of a cutter wheel I0. The upper edge of the head l is cut away as at Il to accommodate the bifurcated end l2 of a lever I4, said bifurcated end being disposed at right angles to the lever whereby said lever can be pivotally i connected to the head 3 as at 15. The opposite end of the lever is bent outwardly, as at 16, and notched, as at 17, whereby it can be normally held in the fixed position shown in Fig. l of the drawing, by a lug or pin I8 carried by the side of the head 3. The bifureating of the end of the lever 14 forms arms 7/ which project over for the spindle or shaft 9 of the cutter wheel l0, and as shown in Fig. l of the drawing, so that it will be impossible for the cutter wheel to become displaced until the lever 14 is moved. The bent end IG of the lever serves as a handle for moving said lever, and it is only necessary to spring the lever outwardly a slight distance to clear the lug or pin I8 55 in order to lower the bent end of the lever and elevate the bifurcated end thereof,

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawing, it will be observed that I have devised novel means for detachably holding a cutter wheel in the head ol a glass cutter thereby increasing the usefulness of the glass cutter by renewing the cutter wheels without destroying the entire glass cutter.

I do not care to confine myself to the manner of locking the lever in a fixed position, or to the exact shape and size of said lever. Such changes in the size, proportion and minor details ol' construction as are permissible by the appended claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

`1. The combination with a glass cutter comprising a recessed and hil'urcated head having a handle. of a cutter wheel journaled in the recessed and lutin-cated portion of said head` a lever pivotally connected to the side ot said head and having a hit'urcated end for retaining` said wheel in said head, and a lug or protuherance carried by said head t'or holding' said lever in a fixed position.

2. A glass cutter comprisingl a recessed and hiinrcated 8O head having a handle, a cutter wheel journaled in the recessed and hifurcated portion ot said head, a lever pivotallaY connected to said head :ind havinga bifureated end tor holding said wheel in said head, and means carried by said head tor holding said lever in a lixed position.

3. A glass cutter havinglin combination, a head bifurcated at its upper end and recessed in the upper end ot the hfurcated portion. a cutter wheel mounted in said bifurcated portion havingl a shaft seated to revolve in said recesses. and a spring-lever pivoted to the side of the head and having an angularly-extending Dil'urcated portion lying upon the head and holding' the cutter wheel in position therein, and means for holding said spring in a fixed position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence ot two witnesses VALDEMAR F. REICH.

Witnesses MAX H. SnoLovITz, A. I. TRIGG. 

